This is very much like the Guadalupana fly that been around for a long time. Basically a modified woolly bugger using a collar instead of a hackle spun the lenght of it's body. This is actually a good modification as the fly has less a tendancy to spin in the water as it's retrieved. It should work well. Jimbo

Similar to that fly on YouTube, I have tied these flies for years without the hackle. I have a box full of them in different sizes and colors (olive, brown, green, white, purple). This is my own 'desert-island, one fly' fly. As far as I knew I came up with it at the vice one night when I was trying to come up with a good damsel fly imitation for carp. I just put on the bead chain eyes, one piece of maribou, tie in the tail, twist it up, wrap it, and tie it off. Done. I can crank out a bunch of them in a short period of time. I've never seen a need for a hackle, but maybe I will try it out.

One thing about my version is that the more fish you catch with it the 'buggier' it gets. That might essentially imitate a hackle on its own.

I've caught more than a dozen species of fish on this fly, so it works real well. My theory is that it is a fair approximation of a lot of different stuff that lives in the water, so it covers a pretty broad spectrum of situations.

The Guadalupana (olive marabou tail, peacock herl body, olive hackle collar, beadhead) was originated by Lefty Ray Chapa. There used to be patterns for the fly floating about the internet, but I haven't seen any recently.

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